Grand jury upgrades murder charges for Minnesota shooting suspect accused in speaker’s death

Published August 15, 2025 12:51am ET



A grand jury upgraded murder charges for the suspect accused of carrying out the targeted shootings of two Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouses.

Vance Boelter was indicted by a federal grand jury last month on six counts of stalking, murder through the use of a firearm, and other charges related to the murder of Minnesota Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, along with wounding Democratic state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife.

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